republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-4601.md

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Bill	Local Government	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-2020 SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DESIGNATE AMBULANCE SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA; TO REQUIRE THAT EACH COUNTY GOVERNING BODY ENSURES THAT AT LEAST ONE LICENSED AMBULANCE SERVICE IS OPERATING WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4601	South Carolina H 4601 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Atkinson Bennett Bustos G.R. Smith Gagnon Hayes M.M. Smith Matthews McGarry V.S. Moss W. Cox	4	24	2	2021-11-17	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/bfd7bb55-9bed-411e-9158-33f377e6976d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4601&session=124&summary=B	d99ba5dde3abe9dc1a387aeb7bd02fe2283ecace5ba61f865ec4fbf819b100cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4601 (2021-2022) — Local Government

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-2020 SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DESIGNATE AMBULANCE SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA; TO REQUIRE THAT EACH COUNTY GOVERNING BODY ENSURES THAT AT LEAST ONE LICENSED AMBULANCE SERVICE IS OPERATING WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 11/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/9/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/20/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)
• McGarry — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• W. Cox — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-11-17 Prefiled filing
• 2021-11-17 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Hayes
• 2022-02-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
• 2022-03-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: V.S.Moss
• 2022-03-09 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Matthews
• 2022-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-10 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2022-03-10 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2022-03-11 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-03-15 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Malloy, Senn, Adams, Garrett
• 2022-04-20 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2022-05-04 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 217
• 2022-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/13/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 164

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfd7bb55-9bed-411e-9158-33f377e6976d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).